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Mars Rovers Find More Evidence of Water
loconet writes "Space.com and JPL are reporting that the Mars Rovers might be on the verge of confirming that large amounts of water once flowed in a region of Mars that has looked curiously dry until now. Such a finding could be comparable to their discovery earlier this year of an ancient shallow sea on the other side of the red planet. Opportunity has found lumpy, odd rock unlike anything its seen to date. The rock concentration seems much rougher than the 'blueberries' found earlier on in the mission. Researchers hope to swing by the rock on the way out of Endurance for further study. 'It could just be one big mass of concretions,' Squyres said. 'I just don't know.' Meanwhile, Spirit, which has now climbed about 10 yards up a hillside, getting above the Gusev plain, found an interesting rock dubbed 'Longhorn'. Both rovers have been exploring more than twice as long as they were designed to last. And even though the Martian winter is at its coldest, engineers are confident that the rovers will continue, despite showing signs of mortality."
Martians took over the rover and programmed it with an ominous message:
"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
Now, I want to know, is this Longhorn rock a symptom of this? And if so, is Microsoft giving money to OSDN, or have they gone straight to NASA to participate in "the growing trend of inserting ads more directly into online content"
It's funny... laugh... Please...?
Meanwhile, Spirit, which has now climbed about 10 yards up a hillside, getting above the Gusev plain, found an interesting rock dubbed 'Longhorn'.
No wonder it's taken MS so long to get Longhorn out. They've got to haul it from Mars!
found an interesting rock dubbed 'Longhorn'.
Sheesh, when NASA works faster than Microsoft, there's a cause for concern...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Opportunity has found lumpy
I was wondering why I felt like someone was following me yesterday....
This is not going to help my paranoia one bit.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
From the previous story, "Writing Software Worldwide Proves Difficult", it said 23 of 56 people couldn't find the Pacific Ocean on a map, and yet we can find water on other planets. Looks like all the people who got A's in geography work at NASA.
Finally, more evicence of refreshing, live giving Dasani(TM) on Mars.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
This picture of Endurance rook look realy like Dinosaurus Rex fecess .cfm?id =787
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/image
May be this can explain why Dinosaurus was extinguish!
Ceci n'est pas une Signature !
A NASA spokesperson said that the rover was projected to reach the Longhorn rock "sometime in 2005... no wait! 2006... um... 2007?"
Screw this "NASA found water today" and "Spirit discovered more water this month" and "scientists believe there's water in this rock" crap.
/. news. Sigh...
When is NASA going to bring back a sample of killer DNA bacteria back to Earth from Mars, clone a fast-growing horny chick in a glass box, and then let her loose to find the first guy to fuck hard and nasty before ripping his groin in two with her alien scissor legs?
'cause I'm waiting on that kind of woman, and I think it'd be a great way to go out in a blaze of...wait...never mind. I'm a computer nerd with a gut, pale white skin, and a rash that we won't talk about here. She'll be hunting a prime specimen with whom to sow her seed.
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